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In Japan, the term “Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t apply. Anyone who looks at how the Japanese judicial system treats those detained can see that. Unlike in most of the developed countries in the world that can detain people for 24 or 48 hours, Japan can hold suspects for 23 days. This is absurd, the facility’s people are held, in… Read more »